SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. further expanded its leadership in the global NAND flash market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, despite an overall decline in chip prices. The South Korean tech giant, also the leader in the DRAM sector, had a 33.5 percent share of [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. was the world’s second-largest semiconductor vendor in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Wednesday, after posting double-digit year-on-year sales growth. The South Korean tech juggernaut logged US$17.07 billion in chip sales in the January-March period, up 15 percent from a year earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. maintained its status as the world’s leading TV vendor with a record market share in the first quarter, a report showed Tuesday, as the tech giant posted robust growth on the back of its QLED and large TVs. Samsung represented 32.9 percent of the global TV [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday added more products to its monitor lineup with enhanced connectivity options as the South Korean tech giant targets to boost sales amid the pandemic-induced stay-at-home trend. Samsung said its latest Smart Monitor, powered by the Tizen operating system, includes a 43-inch M7 model supporting [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday that it will team up with Google LLC to deliver a new smartwatch operating system (OS), as they seek to better compete with Apple Inc. in the wearables market. Yoon Jang-hyun, who heads Samsung’s software development team, said in an editorial that the South [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of retail investors who own less than a 1 percent stake in Samsung Electronics Co. is estimated at about 4 million. According to a quarterly report submitted by the South Korea’s electronics giant on Monday, the company had roughly 3.9 million individual shareholders as of March 31. [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday unveiled new power-controlling chips that minimize overall power consumption while boosting performance of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM). The world’s largest memory chip producer said its three power management integrated circuit (PMIC) products — S2FPD01, S2FPD02, and S2FPC01 — are available for DDR5 DRAM modules. [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday it has expanded support for blockchain users trading virtual assets on its Galaxy smartphones amid rising interest in cryptocurrencies. The South Korean tech said its latest update will allow users to easily manage their transactions by importing their virtual assets stored on select cold [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. announced Thursday that it will invest a total of 171 trillion won (US$151 billion) in the logic chip and foundry sectors by 2030 as the tech giant eyes to expand its leadership beyond the memory business. The latest investment plan expands its semiconductor vision announced in [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday said they will work together to tackle the auto chip shortage that has been disrupting global automakers’ operations in the past few months and is expected to continue down the road. Samsung, the world’s largest memory chipmaker, and the country’s [...]